BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI
Sean Rogers had nine assists in a Holy Trinity's 13-7 win over New Hyde Park on Saturday. Read it one more time if you don’t believe me. Sean Rogers had nine assists.
The two-time Empire State team member also has three goals, making him a contributor on 12 of 13 scores for Holy Trinity (2-1). That’s just ridiculous. The kid is a stud and along with Terrence Barclay, five goals in the game, will be a make up a very tough tandem to stop for any team.
Jeff Cohen and Syosset (2-1) put together the type of performance you expect in an 11-6 win over Rocky Point Saturday. The senior scored four goals and added three assists and saw Eddie Loftus and Jared Leverne score three times each. The Syosset defense kept Tom Palasek, two goals, three assists, from totally dominating the game on offense. After a rocky start against Garden City, Syosset looks to be rounding into form.
Floyd (1-1) scratched out a 12-11 win over Kings Park on Saturday. Freshman Luke Miller scored the winner off a feed from Steve Murphy with 1:40 left in the game. Miller scored six-times and had three assists. Kings Park is 0-3 but has a one goal loss to Smithtown West and lost by three to Half Hollow Hills West, nothing to be ashamed of.
One performance that stood out to me was William Murphy’s 14 saves for Sachem North (1-1). He made one with 15 seconds left to preserve a 7-6 win over Bayport-Blue Point on Friday.
I hope everyone enjoyed the preview section and a great weekend of lacrosse.
Comments (4)
You give credit to a defense that "kept" Tom Palasek to 5 points that game? Syosett is the Nassau Class A defending champs, RP had nothing to lose everything to gain playing them. Cohen had 2 points more than Palasek playing with players from that championship team, RP's defense is 2 sophs & 1 senior. Cohen had a great day, it shouldn't be at Palasek's expense to make your point, I wouldn't call 2gs/3a's a bad day. There wasn't a defenseman that stopped him behind the net the rest of the offense just didn't finish and RP played man down for most of the 4th qtr.the loss is more of a reflection of RP poor defensive efforts. Best of luck to 2 of the best attackmen on LI!
If you read my blog carefully I did say they kept him from "totally" taking over the game. I never called Palasek's day bad or tried to take away from his performance. Tom still had a great game, but he didn't quite dominate like he did with a four goal and four assist performance in a win over a good Smithtown East team. I agree that Rocky Point had nothing to lose. They have played very well this year and will be a great team all season, one I look forward to covering. Thank you for the insight into the game. Also, how can I not agree that Cohen and Palasek are two of Long Island best? They certainly are.
do you feel garden city is playing with less intensity then they used to under coach"doc".they look dead out there.
Garden City is 3-0 and ranked No. 13 in the country right now, so I don't know if this the time to be questioning its intensity. But with that said, I was not with Newsday when Doc was coaching, so I am not able to compare the two styles. I will be seeing Garden City for the first time Saturday against Ward Melville, but I did see them a lot last year. I never had a problem with its intensity and thought they played with plenty of hustle and toughness, especially at midfield. Steve Finnell does a great job with them and this could be a big year for the Trojans.